Have fun! Trust your skills and trust that you'll pick up on the cues you need to make the right adjustments out there. Be confident!

I used my Spike-It red dye marker a few times to write in the code.

That is Awesome! This community and BLat are such a great asset for anglers who are ready to learn and grow.

Awesome! I am glad you guys were able to got out there and make some memories.

Ok here is the breakdown on how I caught these fish the last couple of afternoon/evenings. I spent a tremendous amount of time over the last few years idling around a couple of local lakes in late november when all the weeds die off and the water is cold and clear. I marked old trees, stumps that were cut down when the lake was flooded and other mid depth hard structure including sunken boats. These are not visible during summer months or mid spring due to turbidity and weeds. When the water cools into the 50's these fish up here start feeding and the weeds are starting to slowly die off. For me, the bigger largemouth are in more predicable areas, those hard mid depth structures in weeds especially when there is baitfish in the general area. The smallmouth are on drop offs in the 8-15 ft depth on some hard structure like rocks, logs or sporadic weeds. The other thing I watch is weather. Rain yesterday sunny and warm today therefore I targeted some concrete walls that warmed up all day

Oh man sorry to hear that

Grateful for two great days of fishing.

I had a great afternoon fishing. I took a few hours off of work. The lake is getting drawn down and I will not be able to get on it till April.

That 22.5 is a freaking GIANT up here

That would be a long ride for me. I would likely have to have to get to the Carolinas, Mississippi river tributary or at least lower Virgina. The only place I ever caught them was SC.